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Comparison

ButterCMS vs Squidex

On the evidence we track, ButterCMS leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★ButterCMS63
Squidex52
Score
vioscaleAI score
ButterCMS63 / 100medium · 55%
Squidex52 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Model
ButterCMSfreemium
Squidexcommercial
Price level
ButterCMShigh
Squidexlow
Starting price
ButterCMS$71
Squidex€0.20
Transparent
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Integrations
Count
ButterCMS2
Squidex13
Security
Certifications
ButterCMSISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
Squidex–
Gdpr
ButterCMS–
Squidex✓
Iso27001
ButterCMS✓
Squidex–
Soc2
ButterCMS✓
Squidex–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
ButterCMS–
Squidex0
Github stars
ButterCMS–
Squidex2,509
Activity
Commits last 30d
ButterCMS–
Squidex1
Release
Cadence days
ButterCMS–
Squidex41
History
ButterCMS–
Squidex20 items
License
Spdx
ButterCMS–
SquidexMIT
Language
Primary
ButterCMS–
SquidexC#
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
ButterCMS5 items
Squidex7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for headless cms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
ButterCMSCloud managed saas
SquidexSelf hosted open source
Graphql API native delivery
ButterCMS-
Squidex✓
Rest API delivery
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Visual content modeling schema builder
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Real time visual preview editor
ButterCMS✓
Squidex-
Multi language localization i18n
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Webhooks event triggers
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Granular role based access control RBAC
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Nextjs gatsby native framework support
ButterCMS✓
Squidex-
Shopify bigcommerce ecommerce integration
ButterCMS✓
Squidex-
SOC2 type ii
ButterCMS✓
Squidex-
ISO 27001
ButterCMS✓
Squidex-
Pricing model
ButterCMSFreemium
SquidexFreemium

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ButterCMS

Leader

A managed platform for organizing and publishing content to websites, mobile applications, and other digital services through APIs, without requiring the user to manage servers or infrastructure.

Independently observed

Squidex

Not documented yet.

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ButterCMS

Leader
from $71/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $71/month for Basic plan. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • Visual editing
    • Live preview
    • SEO metadata
    • AI Assistant
    • API Explorer
    • +2 more
  • Basic$71/month (or $63.90/month with annual billing)
    • Image editing
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited components
  • Advanced$224/month (or $201.60/month with annual billing)
    • All Basic tier features
  • Professional$359/month (or $323.05/month with annual billing)
    • Write API (up to 5K calls/month)
    • Multi environment
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom API calls
    • Custom roles
    • Write API
    • Custom webhooks
    • Workflows
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Squidex

from €0.20/API callsHybridFree tier

Free plan with 20,000 API calls/month; additional calls at €0.20 per 1,000 calls

  • FreeFree
  • Basic€0.20 per 1000 API calls
  • Professional€0.20 per 1000 API calls
  • Business€0.20 per 1000 API calls
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
iOS
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✗
Android
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✗
Windows
ButterCMS✗
Squidex✓
Linux
ButterCMS✗
Squidex✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ButterCMS✓
Squidex✓
Self-hosted
ButterCMS✗
Squidex✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

ButterCMS

Leader
2 total
  • Shopify
  • BigCommerce
Independently observed

Squidex

13 total
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Azure Queue
  • Medium
  • Google Maps
  • FTP
  • Azure Storage
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • FerretDB
  • CosmosDB
  • DocumentDB
Independently observed
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